Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LAST WEEK, by ANDREW BARTON PATERSON Poet's Biography First Line: Oh, the new - chum went to the backblock run Last Line: I drank it all up last week! Alternate Author Name(s): Paterson, 'banjo' Subject(s): Death; Hearts; Dead, The | ||||||||
Oh, the new-chum went to the backblock run, But he should have gone there last week. He tramped ten miles with a loaded gun, But of turkey or duck saw never a one, For he should have been there last week, They said, There were flocks of 'em there last week. He wended his way to a waterfall, And he should have gone there last week. He carried a camera, legs and all, But the day was hot and the stream was small, For he should have gone there last week, They said, They drowned a man there last week. He went for a drive, and he made a start, Which should have been made last week, For the old horse died of a broken heart; So he footed it home and he dragged the cart -- But the horse was all right last week, They said, He trotted a match last week. So he asked the bushies who came from afar To visit the town last week If they'd dine with him, and they said 'Hurrah!' But there wasn't a drop in the whisky jar -- You should have been here last week, He said, I drank it all up last week! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND A BALLAD OF DUCKS by ANDREW BARTON PATERSON |
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